ΠΑΡΑΙΤΟΥ, παραιτου
PARAITOU, paraitou
Sounds Like: pa-ra-EE-too
Translations: refuse, beg off, decline, avoid, reject, make excuse, ask to be excused
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition παρά (para), meaning "beside" or "from," and the verb αἰτέω (aitéō), meaning "to ask" or "to beg." In its various forms, it means to ask to be excused from something, to beg off, to refuse, or to decline. It can also mean to avoid or reject something. It is often used in contexts where someone is trying to distance themselves from a responsibility or a situation.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Imperative, Second Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G3868 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:2
Codex Sinaiticus
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΙΤΑΙ — he refuses, she refuses, it refuses, he begs off, she begs off, it begs off, he makes excuse, she makes excuse, it makes excuse, he avoids, she avoids, it avoids
- ΠΑΡΑΙΤΕΩ — to beg off, to refuse, to decline, to avoid, to make excuse, to reject, to deprecate
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